Recaps

Ye Yizhou faced renewed accusations of school bullying and drew out Jiang Zhengze, exposing his role in the smear campaign and bringing him to justice. With Yan Qingdu supporting him, Ye Yizhou weathered the fallout and their relationship became public, though a mistaken congratulation at the Yan Group left Yan Qingdu displeased.

• Yan Qingdu stood by Ye Yizhou as old fighting videos spread online, and Ye Yizhou reported the people twisting the facts while lawyers prepared lawsuits against his detractors.
• Ye Yizhou used the Nanyang No. 1 High School reunion to draw out Jiang Zhengze, then staged an injury that gave Jiang Zhengze a chance to approach him in the stairwell.
• Jiang Zhengze admitted his fixation on Ye Yizhou and defended his theft and destruction of Jiang Shouyi’s watch, while Ye Yizhou accused him of filming and posting videos to portray him as a bully.
• Jiang Zhengze attacked Ye Yizhou with a fire extinguisher, but Ye Yizhou restrained him, and stairwell footage exposed Jiang Zhengze’s false claims to the police.
• Yan Qingdu took the injured Ye Yizhou to the hospital as a livestream and the police announcement cleared Ye Yizhou, and Yan Qingdu’s law firm pursued online detractors.
• Ye Yizhou told Yan Qingdu about being protected from childhood bullies, while Yan Qingdu posted a picture of their intertwined hands and online speculation connected them as a couple.
• Ye Yizhou commented from Yan Qingdu’s account to stop people guessing, and Yan Qingdu later darkened when someone congratulated him on getting together with Manager Wen.

Yan Qingdu revealed his secret marriage to Ye Yizhou, while Ye Yizhou confronted interference in Lingyao Group and took control of its growing crisis. The stretch ended with Ye Yizhou answering reporters as the inheritance dispute and the company’s troubles escalated.

• Yan Qingdu told Wen Ningcheng that he had secretly married Ye Yizhou and loved him, then smiled at Ye Yizhou’s message.
• Ye Yizhou silenced Xu Yifeng and the Lingyao Group shareholders during a meeting, then discussed reclaiming their shares with Yan Qingdu.
• Yan Qingdu brought Ye Yizhou to meet his staff, and Ye Yizhou invited Wen Ningcheng to oversee the film project before Wen accepted a secondment.
• Ye Yizhou rejected casting favors during auditions and publicly warned that anyone claiming influence over the film project was a fraud.
• Ye Yizhou took charge of Lingyao Group’s crisis as its directors backed him, while news and share-price losses fueled the succession dispute.
• Ye Yizhou accused Liu Dawei of undermining Lingyao Group, drove him out, and told Ye Chongli to pressure Yunduan Technology as they worked to recover shares.
• Ye Yizhou teased Ye Jing'an and Yan Qingdu about a trending romance rumor, while Lingyao Group faced more departing suppliers and public support for Ye Jing'an.
• Ye Yizhou brought reporters into Lingyao Group for a livestreamed interview and challenged them to prove that former partners blamed him for the company’s troubles.